I don't think you misunderstood. I'm just recognizing where things look with 8 days left in the portal, and I truly hope our sophomores improve in a way that can help mitigate that problem.
The allure of playing in front of 3,000 people is just to hard to pass up.
She has only shot 22 three-pointers in her college career. I know Jensen has already changed plenty from the Bluder era, but I'd be pretty stunned if they added a guard that just doesn't shoot threes.
Daley is a double-figures BIG conference-game scorer who can score in the mid-range off the bounce. Not a perfect fit, but Iowa is in need of players who can play off the bounce, including scoring in the mid range. The returning guards (Kylie, McCabe & Stremlow) lack this ability.
Just saying that expecting Deal to be an immediate star is a bit unfair.
The number of days "left in the portal" makes no difference. Once their in they can committ anytime. They just can't enter the portal. There will still be 6 - 700 girls in the portal next week. Just have to identify someone who good make a difference.
Ah, of course. Not sure why I decided to make it a commit deadline in my head today. Irrational overreaction?
I think a sleeper still available is Lexi Fleming of Bowling Green. She would be a 5th year senior. She torn an ACL I believe at the start of her 3rd year. She plays hard. Stats are around 13pg 4rb 4ap. She is a Molly Davis in waiting and would love and fit with Hawks and fans would love her like Molly. She can score and bring the ball up the court which would help with Stremlow and Levin gaining experience at a fair pace. Obviously Heckel would be the dream. But being realistic lets improve while not totally disrupting our soph class. Lexi would be grateful team player like Molly and could add points which we need like Lucy deed.
Love the enthusiasm but I believe kneepkens set her top 3 and iowa wasn't in it.
It is an academy for women's basketball, no? By the number of signees, it appears that eyes were on them.
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Kennise was shockingly bad when she got minutes at the end of games last year. At her size she would have to have elite skills and quickness to be able to play in the B1G.
She didn't play last year. She wouldn't of got minutes the year before with gabby and molly
She played 43 minutes the entire year and took six shots. It is impossible to tell how good she might be next season.
I don't think it is a stretch to say Deal will be an immediate starter and a candidate for freshman of the year in the BIG. Coming out of high school, she is on par with Caitlin.
I don't think it's a stretch to say she will be an immediate starter and freshman of the year candidate.
I think this is the reason so many assume she won't be part of the rotation. As a freshman she barely played and clearly needed more development. Then she suffered a significant knee injury and missed an entire season.
I think Daley could maybe work on a team where the 4 is a good three-point shooter. But my fear is if Daley is inserted into a lineup with Feuerbach, Stuelke, and Heiden, opposing teams are just going to camp in the lane.
The big thing about her is that she has been practicing for the past couple of months, so by next season, she will be about 22 months out from surgery, much longer than AG when she returned this season. Physically, she should be fine. Ability-wise, it remains to be seen, but Lisa recruited her for a reason.
I think Johnson was always seen as more of a development player. Iowa also tried hard to land Jasmine Brown in the same class even after Johnson committed. Her offer list also wasn't very stellar: SMU (pre-ACC move), Michigan State, Seton Hall, Bradley, Cleveland State, Illinois State, Illinois Chicago, Oakland and William & Mary.
Aren't you the same tool that's nonstop negative on the men's basketball team also? I would quit following a team if it made me that miserable.
Kennise got minutes in 14 games last appearance 2/25/24
I am now nearly convinced that crowd size just does not carry much influence with portal players, at least for top ranked portal players. If there is some allure to fan support, it appears to be a secondary consideration for highly valued transfers.
I think not. She wasn't injured until right before the end of the season. Don't remember them bringing it up until we played OSU to finish the season. The game CC22 broke Pistol Petes record....
You are correct, Johnson was hurt during practice before the Ohio State game played March 3, 2024. So, the start of the next season will be 20 months since her injury.
You can see why Johnson never played. Who is she going to take minutes from, Caitlin or Molly? Bluder also kept Caitlin in games late, often well after the outcome was decided. She knew people wanted to see Caitlin play, and she wanted Caitlin to set records.
I don't necessarily think that Bluder kept playing CC late game with the goal of setting records. Setting records was just a by product of CC playing basketball.
x 1000 If it did, Iowa State, Iowa and Indiana would be recruiting juggernauts, instead of teams that struggle mightily to recruit McDonald's AA-level players.
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7-Mar | Iowa | OSU | BTN | 535,000 |
7-Mar | Nebraska | UCLA | BTN | 300,000 |
5-Jan | Maryland | Iowa | BTN | 287,000 |
16-Jan | Nebraska | Iowa | BTN | 284,000 |
10-Feb | Iowa | Nebraska | BTN | 269,000 |
6-Mar | Iowa | MSU | BTN | 265,000 |
6-Feb | Iowa | Minnesota | BTN | 234,000 |
28-Jan | Northwestern | Iowa | BTN | 221,000 |
8-Mar | OSU | UCLA | BTN | 212,000 |
